Opinion

Ansell: The priority of prayers

I’ve been teaching out of I Timothy on Sunday morning and last Sunday we bumped into the Apostle Paul’s words concerning prayer to this youngish pastor named Timothy who was stuck in Ephesus. Listen to what the Apostle said in chapter 2 verse 1, “First of all, then I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be made for all people.” That’s a fancy way to say, “Timothy, prayer must be a priority.

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From the Mayor's Desk

A favorite sports writer of mine is Blackie Sherrod from the DFW market. My favorite quote by him is, "History must repeat itself because we pay such little attention to it the first time." He called his daily article in the newspaper "Scatter Shooting" because it covered many topics, which I will do today.

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Ansell: Weekend warriors

I’ve got a friend who's a famous celebrity type pastor. He’s on television and the radio every day and if I told you his name you would probably know who he is. My friend is thinking about writing a book entitled "The Inconvenient Church."

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